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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 940 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and presidential legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, covering his efforts for the conservation of American wilderness, the influences of figures such as John James Audubon and Charles Darwin on Roosevelt, and his impact on the lives of future Americans.
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy's uncertain future, by the country's most perceptive and fearless political journalist. The 2016 presidential contest as told by Matt Taibbi, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion, is in fact the story of Western civilization's very own train wreck. Years before the clown car of candidates was fully loaded, Taibbi grasped the essential...
Author
Series
My weird school specials volume 7
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A.J. and Andrea represent Ella Mentry during the Presidents' Day challenge against Dirk School in the hope of winning a top-secret prize.
64) The big lie
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 16
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Electoral College battle for the White House lands in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck has never felt farther from the truth, fighting for a faithless elector, caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent--with each revelation more explosive than the next. The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote will not occupy the Oval Office. President Malcolm MacLeod,...
65) Eleanor
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.
66) Balance of power
Author
Series
Kerry Kilcannon trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When tragedy strikes at his own wedding, a young president takes on America's gun lobby.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The celebrated host of MSNBC's The Last Word presents an account of the 1968 presidential election to evaluate its lasting influence on American politics and the Democratic party, exploring the pivotal roles of RFK and McCarthy, two high-profile assassinations and the Chicago riots.
68) Burr: a novel
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fictional memoir illuminating Aaron Burr's life and times, highlighting his political accomplishments and fatal duel with Alexander Hamilton.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security, and social fabric."--Provided by publisher.
70) A promised land
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil"--‡c Provided by publisher.
71) Exclusive
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
457 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reporter Barrie Travis's ethics and patriotism are called into question when she determines to investigate the death of the President's infant son after the First Lady hints to her in an off-the-record conversation that she believes the baby was murdered.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
104 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically the first President to be assassinated.
75) Decision points
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life while writing honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments.
76) The devil's bed
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor volume 4
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
x, 470 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When President Clay Dixon's father-in-law, a former vice president, is injured in a farming accident, First Lady Kate Dixon returns to Minnesota to be at his side. Assigned to protect her, Secret Service agent Bo Thorsen soon falls under Kate's spell. He also suspects the accident is part of a trap set for Kate by David Moses, an escaped mental patient who once loved her. What Bo and Moses don't realize is that they're caught in a web of deadly intrigue...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Never before has a president told the story of his father, another president, through his own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, it covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career. It shines new light on both the accomplished statesman and the warm, decent man known best by his family. In addition, George W. Bush discusses his father's influence on him throughout his own life, from his childhood to his...
78) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Publisher
Abdo Kids, a divsion of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This title will introduce little readers to the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Readers will gather basic, biographical information about Lincoln through easy-to-read, simple text. They'll also love the historical photographs, the More Facts section, and bolded glossary terms. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In this autobiography, President "Carter tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders, and his passions for the causes he cares most about, particularly the condition of women and the deprived people of the developing world"--Amazon.com....
80) James Madison
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1
Language
English
Formats
Description
James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story—although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries—is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as perhaps no other Founder: collaborating on the Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights, resisting government overreach by assembling one of the nation’s first political parties (the Republicans, who...
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